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Old silver necklace with amulet/pendant (Yemen)

Posted by Akkie on August 11, 2013 at 8:41pm
Side can be opened to make a Quranic verse in doing so.Who has more information about this jewel? For example, by which ethnic group is this worn?
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  • Patricia Deany August 12, 2013 at 12:47am

    Beautiful jewel.

  • Eva Baby August 12, 2013 at 8:23am

    very beautiful detail work.

  • Akkie August 13, 2013 at 8:27pm
    Thank you Patti and Eva, it is a beautiful piece of jewellery but unfortunately too big to wear!
    Also Rashaida women appear to be a nearly identical piece to wear!
  • Patricia Deany August 13, 2013 at 8:59pm

    I guess this could be worn by Rashaida but I have never seen superfine work like this in the Rashaida pendants, so that was probably made in Yemen and it is probably worn by Bedouin people which could be any number of people throughout Eastern Africa and the Gulf.

  • ingrid Langerak November 27, 2013 at 10:40am

    I have an exact copy of this koran box from Ethiopia, and also the barrel beads. Worn by  moslem ladies of Eastern Ethiopia,  (like Hararque, Djibouti and of course the Rashaida. Your necklace has its origine in Yemen  I think , because they way it is strung with the black corral,silver inly beads used.

  • Akkie November 28, 2013 at 9:15am
    @Ingrid, thank you very much for the additional information!
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